<p>I have been planning where to apply early for college. I go to a competitive private school in NJ, and I was planning on applying early to Georgetown and UChicago. My reasoning was that since my schools has great connections to Georgetown, (5-10% of each grade matriculates there) I would most likely get in there and have a great school under my belt. Then if I luckily got into UChicago early, I would have an even greater school under my belt. However, there are obvious benefits to applying early to colleges as they have much better admit rates. My dream is to go to Princeton for premed, so I was debating if applying to Princeton early is better or worse than my previous plan because there will be a higher chance, but it is still very competitive obviously. So my problem boils down to safety with Georgetown versus taking the chance for Princeton.</p>
<p>I think you should apply to princeton SCEA. If you don’t, then you’ll always be wondering “what if”. Even though I am a big fan of Chicago, I really think you should do yourself a favour and lessen your future burden by applying to Princeton SCEA. You can still apply to Georgetown (which has a less competitive RD rate) and Chicago RD, a long with your other schools. In most likelihood, you’ll get deferred from Princeton (which defers most of its SCEA applicants), but if you do get in - you can eliminate schools you otherwise would not have applied to. </p>
<p>Your original plan of applying early to UChicago and Georgetown is a much better plan. Then apply RD to Princeton regardless of the outcome. </p>
<p>Applying EA does not help with admissions, it only help eliminate colleges further down your list. SCEA is very unlikely to do that because it’s unlikely that you will get in. It’s a reach for everybody. </p>
<p>By applying to two EA schools, the chances getting into at least one of them is far greater than the chance of getting into Princeton. </p>
<p>I’d love to weigh in on this discussion, but cannot as I don’t know if the OP has the stats for Georgetown, UChicago or Princeton. @thebossofbosses: What is your GPA, approximate ranking (top 1%, 2%, 5%,10%), and what are your ACT/SAT scores? I don’t know how anyone can help the OP without that information. </p>
<p>I’m struggling with this too not sure to do Princeton early or MIT/Cal Tech. I’ve heard that early Princeton does not really help that much though.</p>
<p>Gibby, it’s simple math. No matter what the stats are, the probability of getting rejected by BOTH Georgetown and UChicago is less than or equal to the probability of getting rejected by Princeton. </p>
<p>If you have multiple EA schools to apply to, applying to a greater number increases your chance of eliminating applications. </p>
<p>Kei04086, what do you think the probability of getting rejected by both MIT and CalTech is compared to the probability of getting rejected by Princeton. </p>
<p>@ClassicRockerDad: The OP didn’t give his stats, therefore I don’t know if Georgetown and UChicago are appropriate schools for the OP – for some kids, it’s a waste of their time to apply early to Georgetown and UChicago because they will get buried under more competitive applications. I was asking the question because the OP could have more success by applying to more appropriate early schools.</p>
<p>Sorry I was busy with other stuff. Here are my stats</p>
<p>So I am in the top top 4 kids at my school out of 120.
I am going to take the SAT in October(just graduated sophomore year) but I am aiming for a 2300+. My school is known to prepare pretty well for the SAT and I am doing a lot of studying on my own, so I believe this goal is reachable and within my capability. GPA is a 4.0. </p>
<p>Sat Subject test taken:
Biology M: 800
Chemistry: Comes on Thursday. I expect a 750 minimum. </p>
<p>EC’s
Volunteer at a hospital- 40 hours
Conducted and Ran a Diabetes Diagnoses Camp in India (I am in Indian. It was in the village where my parents grew up.)</p>
<p>I am an avid debater. I have started to recently do well at national tournaments and had qualified for NCFL’s. I was close to breaking at the tournament and think I will truly do well next year. I will most definitely get an office within the club with the minimum being a novice teacher, possibly president or vice president. I also won our JV State Championship this year. </p>
<p>Tennis: JV so far for 2 years. Sophomore year was called up to varsity at the end but could not do it because of debate. Captain of JV for my sophomore year. (good tennis school if that matters)
Internship at a Doctor’s office: Currently helping him write a medical paper that will hopefully get published.
Economics Club
Aviation Club</p>
<p>Just a side note about Georgetown and my capability. Several people at my school who got into Georgetown were not very outstanding applicants and in my humble opinion, were not as qualified as me. (I am really not trying to brag here.) So I think the connections my school has with Georgetown clearly helps. </p>
<p>As you haven’t taken your SAT, you don’t have enough information to know where to apply early yet – and as an international student, you are going to need that ultra high SAT score to gain acceptance to Georgetown and UChicago. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>I just stated that I was Indian because I didn’t want to make it seem like the Diabetes Camp was just some random village that had no connection to me and that it was done for college. It was done from interest in science and care for the community from which I came. </p>
<p>@ClassicRockerDad I’d like to think that I’m more likely to get into at least one of the two than into Princeton haha. 11 kids got into cal tech this year so I’d like to think I’ll be one of those 11</p>
<p>This is all conjecture until you have actual SAT scores.</p>
<p>I would take Georgetown out of the equation for the moment. Their difference in the acceptance rate for EA vs. RD is insignificant. So it really comes down to whether you would have a shot at getting into UChicago or Princeton by applying early. If your school uses Naviance, look at the stats of previous applicants to the 2, and see with which college your HS has had a better success rate.</p>
<p>Are you going into Junior year or Senior year? If you’re going into Junior year, don’t worry about where you’re going to apply early until the end of your Junior year.
If you’re going into Senior year, choose the school you’ll have a better chance at getting in. In this case, it would probably be UChicago and Georgetown. You can always apply to Princeton RD.</p>
<p>You have over a year to think about this. You don’t have test scores and you have a 4.0 because you have taken the easiest classes of your high school career. You do not need to be worry about this now. Do good in school and come back at the end of junior year with this thread. Anyone can predict to get a 2300 on the SAT. Actually getting one is a different story. Also, it would be different if you had 400 students in each grade in your school and 5-10% go to Georgetown. You have less than 150, so that 5-10% is a rather small number. Don’t count on past student experiences to assess yourself.</p>
<p>Is that the amount your parents will pay for college or is that the family income? Either way, that’s a huge range and if you insist on focusing on these private, hypercompetitive, expensive schools, you really need to nail down the amount your parents are prepared to pay. Financial aid at these places is very unlikely.</p>
not sure to do Princeton early or MIT/Cal Tech. I’ve heard that early Princeton does not really help that much though.</p>